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Nokia is doubtful that it is able to maintain the high level of profitability it achieved in the second quarter of the year.

The network equipment manufacturer reported on Thursday that its operating profits surged by 50 per cent year-on-year between April and June. It refrained from revising its guidance for the entire year despite posting a prof...

Three former chief executives of major listed companies have recently moved from Finland to Portugal.

Matti Halmesmäki, a 62-year-old former chief executive at Kesko, Sakari Tamminen, a 61-year-old former chief executive at Rautaruukki, and Kim Gran, a 61-year-old former chief executive at Nokian Tyres, have all transferred their residence to Port...

Olli Immonen (PS) has clarified the meaning of his controversial Facebook post in an interview with Suomen Uutiset, the official online publication of the Finns Party, by stressing that his fight against multiculturalism does not extend beyond the political arena.

“As a Member of the Finnish Parliament, I only use political means, democratic chann...

“WOMEN leaders and highest officials working for the state receive better wages than their male colleagues on average.

The euro of female executives working for the state is 1.11 euro when compared to male leaders, even though women’s overall earnings amount to only 85 per cent of men’s wages.

In other government tasks, in municipal and private sectors women’s wages are lower than men’s. The information is based on a survey of the Confederation of Unions for Academic Professionals in Finland Akava’s information on member earnings.

‘The government sector has been exemplary in this and taken an objective of placing women in the highest positions,’ estimates expert on working life at Akava Tarja Arkio to Yle.”